European Literature Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (9,457) essays
European Literature essays:
Kafka - "The Metamorphosis" and personal experience comparison
... Kafka's "The Metamorphosis", Gregor is alienated at first by traveling so much for his job and being away from his family. Later on in the story, when he is learning to live as an unwanted insect, his own family begins to alienate him. Some say that loneliness ...
George Orwell's "1984"
... today. Imposing the fear of war, use of surveillance, and the media are three prime examples when it comes to similarities from the book and today. Orwell wrote 1984 fifty two years ago and the world he describes has not become our world in 2002...but who is to say that in another fifty-two years ...
Dreams: and the perceptions shaped through 4 texts
... Tennessee Tornado" maintain a hopeful and inspirational vision with a basis in the characters ability to conquer adversity. The quote from "the tempest" is more of a question of whether or not dreams are attainable within reality and whether the real world is merely an illusion. The burial at Ornans ...
"Animal Farm" by George Orwell. Napoleon the Dictator. "What methods does Napoleon use in order to gain absolute power and why is he successful?"
... fearful of the consequences and what would happen to the farm if they didn't do as they were told. Napoleon gained complete power through the exiling of Snowball and elimination of competition. When, early on, despite Napoleon's efforts, Snowball managed to get most of the ...
The American Dream according to the 1970s and Norman MacLean's "A River Runs Through It"
... the homemaker. They all wanted to have a bigger role in the world. There were some breakthroughs in the 60s, however. One of the most major of these was when girls were allowed into Little League Baseball for the ...
In what ways is "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell effective as a play?
... twenty years ago?" "Cos I don't think they'd have accepted me at the age of six." This is effective because it involves the audience and makes it more entertaining. Towards the beginning of the play, the two different kinds of ...
A report on the ledgendary sea monster Charybdis of greek mythology and homer's "Odyssey"
... your entire ship in the whirlpool, or Scylla , who would eat some of your crew. In Homer's book "The Odyssey", when Odysseus tries to cross the Messina Strait with the cattle of Helius, He is first met by Scylla and each of her six heads. In ...
Comparative study of "Spy who came in from the cold", "xXx" and Joseph Conrad's "The secret agent"
... the contradiction of the "good" intentions of the Circus with her opening rhetorical question, "How can you turn the world upside down?" Whereas people think that the good should be rewarded and the bad punished, Liz's belief in the high morality of the world ...
A Better Life Feature Article: Utopia
... the purpose of utopia. It is through the achievements of the individual for their own Utopia that will help the world build its Utopia . Utopia exists more as an ideal for people to work towards to or to dream of. It should serve as a motivational tool rather than the ...
Methods of Satire used in "Candide", "Animal Farm", "Hard Times"
... the best in the best of all possible worlds. Voltaire did not believe that what happens in the world is always for the best. Voltaire shows us the inhumanities of man through social interaction and war. He over exaggerates the wrongs of medieval people. His thoughts ...